Kindle gets some Kompetition...

[lagilman]

BE Book gave GalleyCat and TeleRead an exclusive first look at their $199 Mini Ebook Reader by BeBook which BE Book CEO, Johan Hagenbeuk said will be "available for purchase by June 30, 2009."

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/web_tech/galleycat_exclusive_199_ebook_reader_117624.asp?c=rss


I'm not saying this is The One I've been waiting for...but I'm definitely intrigued.

Comments

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

OOOOhhhhhhh AAAAAAAhhhhh .. and its not Amazon that makes it, and if B&N support it...

[lagilman]

yeah. And it's under the magical $250 mark, even with the wireless card.

[quarkwiz.livejournal.com]

Have you heard of Symtio? It's what my employer is apparently working on. So far, all I know about it is that it has my boss and her boss in a tizzy because there aren't any tech guidelines yet and so there are Difficulties.